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"Nine he gave to Mortal Men, proud and smashing, so ensnared them. Long ago they vicious under the dominion of the 1, and they became Ringwraiths, shadows under his great Shadow, his most terrible servants. Long ago. Information technology is many a year since the Ix walked abroad. Yet who knows? As the Shadow grows over again, they besides may walk again."

—-Gandalf explaining the Nazgûl to Frodo^[1]

The Nazgûl (Black Speech communication for "Ringwraiths") or Úlairi (Quenya^[ii]), also known as the Black Riders or simply The Nine, were the dreaded ring-servants of the Nighttime Lord Sauron in Middle-earth throughout the 2nd and Third Ages, who in the subsequently years of the Third Age dwelt in Minas Morgul and Dol Guldur.^[iii]

i History
- i.1 Render of the Nazgûl
- 1.two Hunt for the Ring
  - 1.2.1 Search for the Shire
  - 1.two.2 Hunt for Frodo
  - 1.2.iii Weathertop
  - 1.ii.4 The Ford of Bruinen
- 1.3 War of the Ring
  - 1.3.i Boxing of the Morannon and Defeat
2 Weapons and abilities
3 Weaknesses
4 Mounts
v Etymology
- v.1 Other titles
- v.2 Individual titles
six Portrayal in adaptations
- 6.1 Ralph Bakshi version
- half-dozen.2 Rankin and Bass version
- 6.iii The Lord of the Rings motion-picture show trilogy
- 6.4 The Hobbit moving picture trilogy
7 Non-canonical Nazgûl
- 7.1 The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game
- seven.2 Games Workshop models
- seven.3 Forge World Miniatures
- 7.4 Eye-earth Roleplaying
- 7.5 The Lord of the Rings Online
- vii.6 Middle-earth: Shadow of War
- 7.7 Other
8 Trivia
9 Gallery
10 Translations
11 References

History

Kings of Men with their Rings of Power, as seen in *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*

Nineteen Rings of Power were made in Eregion, forged by Celebrimbor. These were locked abroad in one of the safes of Eregion, simply all were captured past Sauron. He gave nine of them to great lords and warriors of Men, including 3 Númenóreans, and one Easterling male monarch. Sauron succeeded in corrupting the powerful Nine through his dominance over the rings. These Ix used the rings to achieve great ability, wealth, and prestige in life, but as time passed the Rings continued to exert a corrupting influence. The Rings somewhen rendered their bearers invisible to all but those who could run into into the wraith world, and enslaved them to the will of Sauron. Their lives and their powers became bound to Sauron's via the 1 Ring; as Sauron grew or diminished, and so too did the Nazgûl.

Three of the Ringwraiths may take been among the first and most powerful Númenóreans to be corrupted by Sauron, a thousand years before the Downfall: they revered Sauron, and became ensnared in his designs because of their lust for ability or noesis.

Just two of the Nine were ever named: the Witch-king of Angmar and Khamûl the Easterling.

The Ix were commencement observed around 2251 of the 2nd Age, and shortly became Sauron's primary servants. Despite their bang-up ability and position as instruments of Sauron'south volition, non much is known of their activities during the 2d Age. They were temporarily dispersed after Sauron's downfall in SA 3434 in the War of the Last Alliance. Though no longer able to maintain physical form, just equally Sauron was after losing the One Band, both the Nazgûl and Sauron were able to endure every bit long as the Band survived.

Render of the Nazgûl

The Nazgûl re-emerged around 1300 of the Third Historic period, as Sauron at long last began to have shape after his defeat at the hands of the Terminal Alliance. Information technology was around this time that the Witch-king established himself in Angmar (thus gaining his title) and began to launch attacks against the nearby kingdom of Arnor, which had fractured into iii smaller kingdoms. His first target was the realm of Rhudaur. After suborning Rhudaur and replacing the Dúnedain king with one of the native Hill-men, in the twelvemonth TA 1356 the Witch-king moved against Arthedain, resulting in the expiry of King Argeleb I.

Simply Arthedain was non however defeated, and it managed to maintain a line of defence force forth the Weather Hills. In TA 1409 came the attack on Cardolan. Also during this fourth dimension, the forces of the Witch-king burned and destroyed the watchtower of Amon Sûl. After the fall of Cardolan, Angmar's accelerate was slowed by resistance from the Elves of Lindon, Lothlórien and Rivendell. By TA 1974, Angmar attacked again and captured Arthedain's uppercase of Fornost, and with that, the last kingdom of Arnor was destroyed.

The Witch-king's true undead appearance every bit depicted in Peter Jackson's films

A twelvemonth later, Eärnur, prince of Gondor, arrived with the intention of aiding Arthedain. All the same, Eärnur arrived too late to exist of help in defending Arnor'southward territories, and his army sought revenge against the Witch-king instead. His forces marched against the armies of the Witch-rex and utterly destroyed them during the Battle of Fornost. With the destruction of his forces and his task in the north consummate, the Witch-king fled. Despite the complete anything of Angmar, the campaign was accounted a tremendous success by Sauron: the territories formerly occupied by Arnor became essentially wilderness, and the remaining Dúnedain Rangers of the Northward were no threat to Sauron's plans.

By TA 1980 Gondor's watch on Mordor had failed and the Witch-rex was able to return there and get together the other eight Nazgûl. In the year TA 2000 they attacked, and later a siege lasting 2 years they conquered the city of Minas Ithil (which then became known as Minas Morgul), acquiring a palantír for the Night Lord in the procedure. It was from Minas Morgul that the Nine directed the rebuilding of Sauron's armies and the preparation of Mordor for their main's return. In TA 2942 Sauron returned to Mordor, openly declaring himself in TA 2951. He sent three of the Nazgûl to re-occupy his fortress of Dol Guldur in Mirkwood. They were led by Khamûl, the 2nd most powerful of the Nazgûl behind the Witch-rex.

Chase for the Ring

Search for the Shire

A few years before the War of the Ring, Gollum, a Stoor who had once owned the I Band, was captured and tortured in Mordor. From him, Sauron learned the family name of the Band's bearer and the fact that he lived in a land called the Shire. Sauron wasted no time in attempting to capture the Ring, sending all of the Nine to think it on July i, TA 3018. Gollum had claimed that the Halflings' homeland was in the Vales of Anduin. On this information, later Mordor had captured eastern Osgiliath from the Men of Gondor, the Nazgûl crossed secretly at night and passed through Anórien, up the Vale of Entwash, and into the Wold, relatively unnoticed. They arrived at the west shore of Anduin, north of Sarn Gebir, and received horses and clothes on July 17. On July 22, they met the Nazgûl from Dol Guldur on the Field of Celebrant. From them they learned that no halflings had lived in the Vales of Anduin for many years and that Gollum, having been re-captured by Sauron'due south Orcs, had escaped them and the Woodland Elves. However, knowing no better counsel, they connected riding north in the land between Lothlórien and the Misty Mountains, but failed to acquire annihilation and returned due south. Upon their return to the Wold in September, messengers from Barad-dûr gave them terrible threats from Sauron, and also news that Saruman might have the location of the Shire. As ordered past Sauron, they rode to Isengard openly through Rohan at not bad speed, causing many to abscond in terror.

When they arrived at Isengard two days after Gandalf's escape, Saruman shut the gates and used his voice to merits he didn't have the Band or noesis of its location, but that Gandalf knew where information technology was. The riders and so began to pursue Gandalf in Rohan, where they found and interrogated Gríma Wormtongue. From him they learned the location of the Shire, but let him go both because of his fearfulness of them and his power to do more evil against Saruman. Another account claims he only realized Gandalf'southward escape one time the Riders arrived and he wished to seek pardon from him. Saruman revealed the Shire's location in detest, claiming Gandalf had been forced to tell him.

The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgûl, every bit seen in *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*

In all accounts they divided into pairs, then crossed the Isen and rode n through the wastelands of Enedwaith. Well-nigh Tharbad, they captured a spy of Saruman who was purchasing appurtenances from the Bracegirdles and had detailed maps and notes of important people. This spy they sent to Bree as their ain agent. They crossed the Greyflood at the fords of Tharbad. When they arrived at Sarn Ford on 22 September, the Rangers guarding the ford knew they couldn't defeat the Nazgûl. Some fled to tell Aragorn on the Not bad East Road, but were pursued and slain or driven abroad, and those few who remained were soon killed during the night. The Witch-king sent 4 riders into the Shire, with Khamûl going direct to Hobbiton. He fabricated a camp in Andrath and sent several riders to patrol the eastern borders, and himself went to the Barrow-downs for some days and roused the wights and other evil creatures there and in the Old Forest.^[4]

Hunt for Frodo

Afterwards searching for Frodo Baggins, one of the Nine, Khamûl the Easterling, had his beginning run into with him on the road to Stock. As Frodo and his friends, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took, took Bucklebury Ferry to reach Crickhollow, Khamûl, who had narrowly missed them, was forced to go around to the Brandywine Bridge instead. Shortly after this, three Nazgûl arrived at Frodo's new home in Crickhollow but plant it deserted. Shortly after the Horn-weep of Buckland was sounded and the Ringwraiths retreated.

Though Frodo had already left for Bree by the time the Nine arrived, they were soon given information regarding Frodo's whereabouts by Neb Ferny, a spy of Saruman. Consequently, the Nazgûl attacked the hamlet of Bree, where Frodo was located. Withal, during the time it took the Nazgûl to attain Bree, Frodo and company, fortunately, encountered Aragorn himself, who had been asked by Gandalf to watch for the hobbits and aid them if he could.

Weathertop

Unable to find the Hobbits, the 9 left Bree; at the colina of Weathertop several days later they encountered Gandalf the Greyness, who was scouting nearby on his style to Rivendell to run into up with Frodo. An all-nighttime battle commenced at Weathertop between them and Gandalf. Though Gandalf was able to escape, four of the 9 pursued him, whilst the other v remained about Weathertop.

Several days later on, Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry made camp at the base of the hill. Discovering them, the five Nazgûl attacked the group. As they confronted the four Hobbits, Frodo put on the Ring and attempted to resist the Nazgûl. Their leader, the Witch-male monarch of Angmar, realizing the hobbit'southward folly, stabbed Frodo with a Morgul-knife, but the Nazgûl soon fled when Aragorn arrived, wielding firebrands.

The Ford of Bruinen

"Come back! Come up dorsum! To Mordor we volition take you!"

— The Fellowship of the Ring, "Flight to the Ford"

With Frodo wounded, Aragorn and the Hobbits made haste to Rivendell knowing that Ringwraiths were pursuing them. The Elf Glorfindel drove the 4 pursuing Gandalf off the Last Bridge and then found the Hobbits and Aragorn. Taking Frodo onto his white equus caballus, Asfaloth, they headed to Rivendell at bully speed. Regrouping, the Nazgûl chased subsequently him and Frodo until they reached the Ford of Bruinen, where the 9 demanded Frodo give them the Ring. Frodo refused and defied them. Provoked, the Nazgûl crossed the river to take the Ring by force. Notwithstanding, past Elrond's command, the waters of the Bruinen rose, forming a slap-up wave and sweeping the Ix away, killing their horses and rendering them shapeless. This postponed their chase for the Ring, and they returned on foot to Mordor.^[v]

War of the Ring

"Come non betwixt the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He volition bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall exist devoured, and thy shriveled listen be left naked to the Lidless Eye."

— The Return of the King, the Witch-king at "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"

Returning to Mordor in consummate failure, the Nazgûl were forced to abandon their chase for the Ring. At this indicate, the 9 received new mounts to supercede their horses: Fellbeasts. One of these was downed by an arrow from Legolas nearly Sarn Gebir. Ane Nazgûl circled above Frodo and Sam while they were crossing the Dead Marshes. Nazgûl passed over the wasteland before Mordor three times, making Gollum fear they knew about the ring.

After Peregrin Took looked into the palantír of Orthanc after the Destruction of Isengard, Sauron sent one of the Nazgûl to Orthanc to come across what Saruman was doing. This same Nazgûl or possibly another and so flew to Edoras, alighting on Meduseld and causing Gandalf to order the muster of Rohan be moved to Dunharrow.

With his new mount, the Witch-king attacked the ruined city of Osgiliath with an army of Orcs and secured it. After this, he launched an assault on Minas Tirith, leading Sauron's forces during the Siege of Gondor and Battle of the Pelennor Fields. During the battle, the Witch-rex confronted Gandalf the White when attempting to enter the metropolis. However, before the Witch-king could engage Gandalf in battle, the forces of Rohan arrived, making him leave immediately.

A few hours later the Witch-king attacked Male monarch Théoden on the battlefield. As Théoden was crushed by his horse Snowmane, the Lord of the Nazgûl prepared to finish him. However, Éowyn and Meriadoc Brandybuck constitute them on the field, and she confronted the Witch-king. Éowyn killed his winged mount, and the Witch-king attacked her with his mace. Injuring her arm, he prepared to kill her earlier Meriadoc stabbed his leg from behind with his Barrow-bract, of Westernesse make. At this the Witch-rex screamed in hurting and Éowyn stabbed her sword into his crown and trunk, slaying him and fulfilling the prophecy of Glorfindel.

Battle of the Morannon and Defeat

During Battle of the Black Gate the remaining 8 Nazgûl, mounted on Fellbeasts, attacked the Army of the West. Somewhen, however, the Nazgûl were confronted past the Eagles, led by Gwaihir.

Nazgûl defenseless in the firestorm and destroyed

Simultaneously, Frodo Baggins claimed the Ring for himself well-nigh the fires of Mount Doom. Sauron immediately became aware of him, as well equally his own folly. Enraged and frantic, Sauron ordered the Nazgûl to fly with all possible speed to Mountain Doom and seize the Ring.

Nonetheless, the Nazgûl failed; the Ring was bandage into the fires of Mount Doom when Gollum fleck Frodo'south finger and accidentally fell into the Cracks of Doom himself, bearing the band. Sauron was immediately defeated by the loss of the Band, Mount Doom erupted and all viii Nazgûl were destroyed. Their mounts were destroyed in the eruption whilst their grade and ability dissipated forever with the catastrophe of the power of the Rings.

Weapons and abilities

"Hinder me? Thou fool. No living human may hinder me!"

—The Witch-king in The Return of the King, "The Boxing of the Pelennor Fields"

The Nazgûl were sustained by the power of Sauron. The Witch-male monarch in particular was hard to slay, for whatever weapon that struck him would be destroyed. The Nazgûl's own weapons included long swords of steel and daggers. Their leader possessed a powerful blackness mace likewise. Their arsenal of deadly armaments was not confined to physical means; they also had powerful voices, which brought terror into the hearts of mortals and a full general aura of dread. They wore hauberks of silvery post and had enhanced senses of hearing and smell.

The Nine could not see during the day equally mortals; instead they saw shadowy forms. At night they saw shapes and forms invisible to mortal eyes, and were to be feared the virtually at that time. Their presence could be felt as a troubling of the heart, and they could more keenly feel the presence of others. In their office, they particularly sensed the presence of the Band at all times, and were drawn to information technology especially if it was put on.

They were surrounded by an aura of terror, which affected all living creatures; their aureola called the Black Jiff could be toxic to those hapless enough to come virtually them. This fearfulness the Nine inspired was one of their greatest strengths. According to Gandalf, if Sauron regained the Ane, they would become vastly more powerful (in an unspecified way). Withal, equally Sauron's forcefulness grew in the course of The Lord of the Rings, the Nazgûl did become more powerful. In The Fellowship of the Ring, their cries were simply unnerving to the hobbits, and they appeared to exist physically weak, every bit Aragorn managed to fend against v of them single-handedly on Weathertop. In The Return of the King nevertheless, their cries are powerful enough to transport all merely the almost stout-hearted of Gondor'south defenders into helpless terror, and the Witch-king in particular had become and so powerful that he challenged the reborn Gandalf the White. Moreover, some or all of them adept sorcery, using spells for wicked purposes.

Weaknesses

Though the Ringwraiths were among the greatest of Sauron'south servants, they also had certain weaknesses that could be used against them. I of these was daylight itself. With the exception of the Witch-king of Angmar, none of them (peculiarly Khamûl) could operate equally well under the Sun and generally feared it.

All the Ringwraiths but the Witch-rex feared water, although it seems this weakness was abandoned past J.R.R. Tolkien in the published version because it was an idea difficult to sustain.^[4]

At Weathertop, Aragorn used fire to drive the Ringwraiths away from Frodo. Even the Witch-king feared fire. At the Ford of Bruinen, Aragorn and the hobbits that accompanied Frodo used it to assistance Glorfindel and drive the Ringwraiths into the raging water.

If an enemy was stiff enough and so to resist their aura of dread, then the Ringwraiths (with the exception of the Witch-King) had little real power over them individually.

Heroes of Middle-earth such as Aragorn, Gandalf, and Glorfindel could single-handedly face a Ringwraith and defeat or at least elude them, provided that they were non confronted by multiple Ringwraiths or the Witch-king. Nevertheless, only a few could resist them all at the same time. Glorfindel was able to in fact instill fear in the Nazgûl'south hearts.

Mounts

The Witch-king mounted on his Savage-beast

At the outset of the War of the Band, the Nine rode black horses descended from horses stolen from Rohan, which they relied heavily on for transport. However, after the encounter with Glorfindel at the Ford of Bruinen, the Black Riders lost their horses, which were killed in the alluvion.

Returning to Mordor by human foot to regroup, the Nazgûl received winged creatures from Sauron in add-on to new horses. With these winged "fell beasts", the nine attacked the ruined city of Osgiliath in order to articulate the way for a siege of Minas Tirith. Later, the Nazgûl used the fell beasts to their advantage at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and the Battle of the Morannon, but nearly of all in attempting to seek and find the Ring-bearer, Frodo.

Etymology

The term Nazgûl , which literally means "Ring-wraith," comes from the Black Oral communication words nazg ("ring") and gûl ("wraith").^{[half dozen]}

The rarely used Quenya name for the Nazgûl is Úlairi.^[7]

Other titles

Fell Riders ^[viii]
Black Wings ^[9]
Nine Riders ^[ten] ^[11] ^[12]
Blackness Riders ^[13]
Shriekers ^[14]
Wraiths on wings (by Gollum)^[15]
The Ringwraiths

Individual titles

The Witch-king of Angmar was oft referred to equally Lord of the Nazgûl and The Blackness Helm.^[16]
Khamûl, second-in-command, was called the Shadow of the Eastward.

Portrayal in adaptations

Ralph Bakshi version

The Nazgûl announced in the inn of the Prancing Pony to slash the beds of the Hobbits. After this, they remove their hoods, revealing black masks and armor underneath.

Rankin and Bass version

The Rankin-Bass adaptation of The Return of the King also featured the Nine, but with drastically contradistinct appearances. With the exception of the Witch-rex, all the Ringwraiths appear as hideous, skeletal humanoids riding black horses with ruddy optics and bat wings. They notably clothing black cloaks and chocolate-brown tunics that behave the red eye insignia of Sauron, with black crowns atop their heads. The Witch-rex shares this outfit salvage that he initially appears hooded, and upon removing his hood a crown and glowing ruby optics are visible merely no head. The Witch-male monarch initially appears riding a winged horse, but later rides in atop a Vicious beast to attack the torso of Théoden before being slain past Éowyn.

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

"They are the Nazgûl, Ringwraiths, neither living or expressionless. At all times they feel the presence of the band...drawn to the ability of the ane..they will never terminate hunting yous."

—-Aragorn explaining the Nazgûl to Frodo, Pippin, Merry and Sam^[17]

The Nazgûl portrayed in Peter Jackson's films are emphasized with their deafening shrieks, provided by Jackson's wife and co-screenwriter Fran Walsh. Andy Serkis voices Khamûl, who briefly speaks in The Fellowship of the Band.

The model for Khamûl's true appearance equally seen in *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*

Storywise, the Nine are largely unchanged from their novel roles, with the most notable changes taking place in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and centering on the Witch-king. Hither he is only seen riding his Fell beast mountain, and never without his hood; he is also established in the film'southward extended edition as being more powerful than Gandalf the White, shattering his staff during a brief confrontation.

According to IMDB, the Nazgûl were portrayed by the post-obit actors throughout the trilogy: Victoria Beynon-Cole, Lee Hartley, Sam La Hood, Chris Streeter, Phil Grieve, Jonathan Hashemite kingdom of jordan, Semi Kuresa, Clinton Ulyatt, Paul Bryson, Lance Fabian Kemp, Jono Manks, and Ben Price. Thomas McGinty and Kate O'Rourke are uncredited.

The Hobbit film trilogy

The Witch-king of Angmar appears in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeying in Dol Guldur, where he briefly fights Radagast, dropping his Morgul-blade. Radagast shows the blade to Gandalf, and Gandalf shows it to the White Quango in Rivendell. Galadriel and Elrond are alarmed past the dagger's appearance, knowing it was cached with the Witch-king in his tomb which they believed could non be opened.

In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Galadriel sends Gandalf to the Ringwraiths' tombs in the High Fells, and detect each of them has been broken open up from the inside. This is enough to convince Gandalf that the Necromancer of Dol Guldur is, in fact, Sauron in disguise, as the Nine only answer to him.

In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the nine Ringwraiths appear in armored, ghostly versions of their mortal selves after Galadriel rescues Gandalf from his muzzle in Dol Guldur. The 9 fight against Galadriel, Saruman and Elrond and are seemingly banished past them. Radagast arrives to accept Gandalf to safety. But after a few moments, Sauron appears with the Nine hovering before him. The Witch-male monarch floats forrad to stab Galadriel, but she quickly takes the shape she did in The Fellowship of the Ring and banishes the Nine, leaving only Sauron. Afterwards a short duel Sauron flees towards Mordor together with the Ringwraiths.

Not-canonical Nazgûl

Since the Witch-king and Khamul are the only named Nazgûl, the other seven remain unidentified. Several non-catechism adaptations of Tolkien's piece of work take given identities to them.

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, which is based on the film trilogy, gave the Ringwraiths other than the Witch-king titles consisting of the give-and-take Úlairë, which is another term for Ringwraith, and an ordinal number. Thus, the other eight wraiths are identified as Úlairë Attëa (second), Nelya (3rd), Cantëa (4th), Lemenya (5th), Enquëa (sixth), Otsëa (seventh), Toldëa (eighth), and Nertëa (ninth).

Games Workshop models

The Games Workshop model company give each Ringwraith a particular championship, likewise as backstory and personality. The vii Ringwraiths unnamed by Tolkien are listed as follows:

The Dark Marshall - The most black-hearted and unrelentingly brutal of all the Nazgûl, his name is a byword for misery and death. Where the Dark Marshall passes, evil creatures fight harder, fearful of their lives whilst practiced warriors feel the icy touch on of death upon their hearts. Past his armour information technology is guessed that he is 1 of the three Númenórean Ringwraiths. Moreover, he is considered every bit nearly a match for Aragorn in combat.

The Knight of Umbar - The third of the Númenórean Lords to become one of Sauron's servants, the Knight of Umbar's by is shrouded in mystery. If the rumours pertaining to him hold any truth, he was once one of the great Númenórean kings who ruled the Southlands prior to the days of the Last Alliance.

The Betrayer - Cursed long ago for yielding the Southlands to Sauron'south rule, the Betrayer is driven by malice and self-hatred that knows no bounds. Of all the Nazgûl, the Betrayer is amid the lowest of Sauron'southward lieutenants, for fifty-fifty the Dark Lord is wary of placing trust in one who betrayed his kin so readily. The Betrayer was once ane of the Haradrim, as seen by the ancient turban that he nonetheless wears.

The Shadow Lord - The Shadow Lord was once the king of a small and insignificant kingdom. When Sauron offered him one of the 9 Rings, the promise of its power proved irresistible. At present, his concrete being all simply gone, and his will enslaved to Sauron, the Shadow Lord wears his dark pride like a cloak, blotting the sun from the heaven and dimming the sight of his foes.

The Undying - Originally a smashing sorcerer, The Undying endured longest when others savage under Sauron's sway. He is said to be the oldest of the Ringwraiths, and the final to succumb to the wasting influences of the Rings of Power. Through an obsessive mastery of evil magics, the Undying has learnt to depict sustenance from the magics of others, fortifying himself with the magical energy that flows effectually him.

The Dwimmerlaik - The Dwimmerlaik is possibly the most mysterious of all the Nazgûl, for scant record of his past deeds exist in the tomes of the Wise. Yet in Rohan, this item Ringwraith is feared beyond all others, for he has been a bane upon that realm for centuries untold, directing the Dark Lord's minions against the Sons of Eorl. Because of him a person is quite possible to be blinded by greed.

The Tainted - Where the other Nazgûl were slowly swallowed by the taint of their rings, the Tainted gave himself wholly and willingly to Sauron. Now all natural things rebel in his presence, vegetation withers, animals sicken and bold warriors cower. He is an abomination whose merest presence is toxicant to life, honor and hope.

The Witch-King

Khamul the Easterling

The Nighttime Marshall

The Knight of Umbar

The Betrayer

The Shadow Lord

The Undying

The Dwimmerlaik

The Tainted

Forge Globe Miniatures

Forge World is a subsidiary of Games Workshop which produces specialist miniatures bandage in resin instead of plastic. Forge Earth has released a set entitled "Nazgûl of Dol Guldur Collection" which depicts the Nine as they appear in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies film. In this series, the Nazgûl (other than the Witch-male monarch and Khamûl the Easterling) are named differently than in the Games Workshop serial. Their names and distinctions are:

The Dark Headsman "clutches an executioner'south axe with a wicked curved point."
The Witch-king of Angmar "wields a vicious sword."
The Slayer of Men "holds an enormous wood and iron spear, taller than each Nazgûl."

Khamûl the Easterling "clutches a mace."
The Slayer of Men "wields an enormous, roughshod barbed spear." (Note: this is a repeated name; but they are separate characters.)
The Lingering Shadow "holds not 1 merely 2 swords."
The Forsaken, "who holds a bizarrely-shaped trident."
The remaining two are simply "2 Abyssal Knights"

Middle-globe Roleplaying

The Ringwraiths each received unique names and backstories in MERP, though Khamul remained as "the Black Easterling" known as Komûl I originally. The Witch-king is identified as the Black Númenórean prince Er-Mûrazôr, while the other seven unnamed Ringwraiths are named Dwar of Waw, Ji Indûr Dawndeath, Akhôrahil the blind Magician, Hoarmûrath of Dir, Adûnaphel the quiet, Ren the Unclean, and Ûvatha the horseman. Akhôrahil and Adûnaphel were as well Black Númenóreans, with the latter surprisingly existence a woman. ^[18] The fan-written lore of Mordor at landofshadow.com also uses these 8 names.

These names were also used for their appearances in the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game.

The Lord of the Rings Online

All the Ringwraiths are given one or more titles (but there names are not 'remembered', lost in time, and they are now known by their near common of many nicknames). Some of their backstory and the proper noun of their rings are revealed. The Nazgûl were 'corrupted' by utilize of their rings, just did non choose to bring together Sauron out right.

In addition the serial establishes lesser wraiths the Cargûl ("Ruby-red Wraiths", forced into servitude by Morgul-blades), and Gúrzyul (disciples, those who chose to become immortal lieutenants of Sauron), many of which 'survive' the fall of Sauron, only in a weakened country.

Witch-king of Angmar, originally a nifty Númenórean king. In the Second Age, he received Un (Heart-stopper)
The Cursed Passenger (Lieutenant of Dol Goldur, Blackness Easterling), an Easterling King, recipient of Orôm (Warmonger)
The Bane of Rhûn, once an Easterling King, recipient of Sâkhla (The Fell One)
The Black Blade of Lebennin, once a Numenorean king, recipient of Sapthân (Foolstone)
The Forsaken Reaver, once a Southron king, recipient of Khânto (Pain-giver)
The Gloom of Nurn, one time a Numenorean king, recipient of Nitîr (Terror's Sting)
The Grim Southron, once a male monarch of the Southron people, recipient of Jûru (Herald of Mourning)
The High Sorcerer of Harad, once a rex of Southron, recipient of Mêbat (Mirth-eater)
The Woe of Khand (aka The Reaver of Khand), he was an Easterling Rex, recipient of Adâsh (Foe-maker)

Middle-earth: Shadow of War

In the video game Middle-earth: Shadow of State of war, three of the Nazgûl Talion faces as bosses are given identities and a sense of individuality in social club to provide more than variation to the fights and more depth to the story. It is shown that the role of beingness a Nazgûl can be passed on to other Ring-bearers following the 'true death' of their predecessor.

Suladân taking one of the Nine from Sauron

Suladân - A Númenórean king who besieged Sauron's fortress, Sauron surrendered and offered Suladân i of the nine rings of power, Suladân accustomed and due to the ring's influence slowly became corrupted by it, making Sauron his nearly trusted advisor before condign fully corrupted and turning into one of the Nazgûl. Information technology is probable that Suladân was based on Ar-Pharazôn, the last male monarch of Númenor who took Sauron captive in catechism, with "Suladân" being Rex Ar-Pharazôn's birth name every bit opposed to his ruling name.

Helm Hammerhand - After Helm refused to allow a warlord named Siric to marry his daughter Bernwyn, Siric ambushed the pair, kidnapping Bernwyn and mortally wounding Helm. On his deathbed Sauron and Celebrimbor appeared and gave him one of the ix rings. With the help of the ring Captain recovered and besieged Siric's fortress. He accidentally killed Bernwyn when she stepped betwixt him and Siric. In a blind fury Helm proceeded to slaughter anybody else in the room including his own men.

Isildur - After Isildur was killed in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields his killers took him dorsum to where Sauron's heavily weakened spirit was residing where Sauron revived and enslaved Isildur by placing ane of the nine rings on his finger. Once Talion and Celebrimbor manage to dominate Isildur's mind and intermission Sauron'south control, Talion refuses to let him exist as their slave and kills him in order to free him.

Isildur is skilled in necromancy, being capable of raising the dead to fight for him.

The Nazgûl Sisters - Similar Talion the two Nazgûl sisters were not the original owners of their rings of power. They were the daughters of a ruler from a distant land who were sent to Mordor in order to recover rings of power. They were able to slay 2 Nazgûl and take their rings, but past the time they had returned to their begetter the rings had corrupted them, leading them to murder him and take his throne. Eventually Sauron brought them under his service.

Later on Sauron and Celebrimbor were trapped in the form of a flaming eye and the Witch-rex was defeated by Talion, the sisters took reward of their master's weakened states past attempting to take Mordor for themselves. Afterwards their defeat at the hands of Eltariel and Talion they returned to serving Sauron.

Talion - Afterwards Talion kills Isildur and subsequently discovers Celebrimbor wants to supercede Sauron rather than kill him Celebrimbor betrays Talion and possesses the Elf Eltariel. Talion's throat wound and then reopens without having Celebrimbor or a ring of power to keep him live. Choosing to survive in order to contain the forces of Mordor for as long equally he tin can, Talion places on Isildur'southward ring, keeping him from dying and slowly corrupting him into becoming i of the nine. Talion afterward uses the ability of the ring to conquer Minas Morgul and drive the Nazgûl from it. After decades of keeping Sauron in a stalemate Talion becomes fully corrupted and joins the Nazgûl.

Later Sauron's defeat, Talion and his beau Nazgûl are released from their slavery, and he dies gratis.

Other

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-globe 2: The Rise of the Witch-male monarch dubs one of the Ringwraiths as "Morgomir".

The One Ring also gave titles to the iii wraiths sent to Dol Guldur by Sauron: the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur (note: this a title given to Khamul in several sources), the Ghost of the Forest, and the Messenger of Mordor. ^[19] ^[twenty]

Trivia

The Nazgûl are the subject area of the song "The Wraith Of The Rings" from the anthology "Middle Earth" by Bob Catley.
They are also the subject for the song "Shadows" past the Swedish Ability metal band Sabaton.
They are mentioned in the song "Battle of Evermore" past Led Zeppelin "The drums will milk shake the castle wall, the band wraiths ride in black, Ride on."
They are the focus of the song "Flight of the Nazgûl" past the Austrian Blackness Metal ring Summoning. They are as well the subject field of the songs "Die Schwarzen Reiter" by the German New Age group E Nomine and "Todesschwadron Ost" past the German language Pagan Metal ring Minas Morgul.
Information technology is important to note that the Witch-king'due south appearance in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeying is the first time that one of the Nazgûl can exist seen in their true grade without wearing the One Ring.
The Dementors in the Harry Potter series are ofttimes compared with the Nazgûl of Middle-earth.
The electric guitar pickup and effects company, Seymour Duncan, named their Nazgûl pickup line afterward the group.

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Translations

Foreign Linguistic communication	Translated name
Amharic	ኛዝጉል
Arabic	نازغول
Armenian	Նազգուլ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Назгўл
Bosnian	Nazgûli
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Назгул
Chinese (Hong Kong)	戒靈
Croatian	Nazgûli
Czech	Nazgûlové
Danish	Nazgûl (Ringånder)
Estonian	Nazgûlid
Finnish	Sormusaaveet = Ringwraiths Mustat ratsastajat = Black Riders
Georgian	ნაზგული
German	Nazgûl, Ringgeister (Ringwraiths), Schwarze Reiter (Black Riders)
Greek	Νάζγκουλ
Gujarati	ણઝ્ગુલ
Hebrew	נאזגול
Hindi	णज़्गुल
Hungarian	Nazgûlok
Italian	Nazgûl, Spettri dell'Anello,
Japanese	指輪の幽鬼
Kannada	ನಜ್ಗುಲ್
Kazakh	Назгүл (Cyrillic) Nazgül (Latin)
Korean	나즈굴
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Назгул
Latvian	Nazgûli Gredzena Rēgi - Ringwraiths Melnie Jātnieki - The Black Riders
Lithuanian	Nazgûlai
Macedonian Cyrillic	Назгул
Marāthi	नाझगुल
Mongolian Cyrillic	Назгул
Nepalese	णज़्गुल
Pashto	نازګول
Persian	نازگول
Polish	Nazgûle
Portuguese (Brazil)	Nazgûl Espectros exercise Anel (Ringwraiths), Cavaleiros Negros (Black Riders)
Punjabi	ਣਜ਼ਗੁਲ
Russian	Назґул
Serbian	Назгул (Cyrillic) Nazgûli (Latin)
Sinhalese	නාස්ගුල්
Slovak	Nazgûlovia, Prsteňové prízraky (Ringwraiths) Čierni jazdci (Black Riders)
Swedish	Ringvålnader (Ringwraiths) De svarta ryttarna (The black riders)
Tajik Cyrillic	Назгул
Tamil	நஸ்க்குள்
Telugu	ణాజ్గుల్
Thai	นาซกูล
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Назгули
Urdu	ںازگول
Uzbek	Назгул (Cyrillic) Nazgûl (Latin)
Vietnamese	Ma Nhẫn, Nazgûl
Yiddish	נאַזגול

References

↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. Ii: "The Shadow of the Past"
↑ "Those who are of Unnatural Shadow" as suggests by Michael Martinez, "What is the Literal Translation of Úlairi?" dated xv August 2014, eye-world.xenite.org (accessed 16 August 2014)
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Render of the Rex, Appendix B: "The Tale of Years"
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Unfinished Tales role 3 - The Tertiary Age, The Hunt for the Band part 2.
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Affiliate XII: "Flight to the Ford"
↑ Parma Eldalamberon 17, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings past J.R.R. Tolkien
↑ The Silmarillion, Index of Names
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Volume V, Chapter I: "Minas Tirith"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The 2 Towers, Book Iv, Chapter III: "The Black Gate is Airtight"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter 11: "The Palantír"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter VI: "The Forbidden Pool"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter VIII: "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Band, Book One, Chapter 3: "Iii is Company"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter II: "The State of Shadow"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Ii Towers, Book 4, Affiliate Two: "The Passage of the Marshes"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the Male monarch, Book 5, Chapter Four: "The Siege of Gondor"
↑ The Fellowship of the Ring
↑ The Encyclopedia of Arda. "What were the names of the ix Nazgûl?" Retrieved May sixteen, 2012.
↑ The Heart of the Wild. Sophisticated Games Ltd and Cubicle 7 Ltd, 87, 103, 106. ISBN 9780857441430. Retrieved on 2014-02-18.
↑ The Darkening of Mirkwood. Sophisticated Games Ltd and Cubicle 7 Ltd, 24, 128–nine. ISBN 9780857441348. Retrieved on 2014-02-18.

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